| For Thy mercy and Thy grace,Constant through another year,
 Hear our song of thankfulness;
 Jesus, our Redeemer, hear.
 Lo! our sins on Thee we cast,Thee, our perfect Sacrifice;
 And, forgetting all the past,
 Press towards our glorious prize.
 Dark the future: let Thy lightGuide us, bright and morning Star:
 Fierce our foes, and hard the fight;
 Arm us, Savior, for the war.
 In our weakness and distress,Rock of strength, be Thou our Stay;
 In the pathless wilderness
 Be our true and living Way.
 Who of us death’s awful roadIn the coming year shall tread?
 With Thy rod and staff, O God,
 Comfort Thou his dying bed.
 Keep us faithful, keep us pure,Keep us evermore Thine own;
 Help, O help us to endure;
 Fit us for the promised crown.
 So within Thy palace gateWe shall praise, on golden strings,
 Thee the only Potentate,
 Lord of lords, and King of kings.
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